Best Canadian Poetry 2025

Selected by editor Aislinn Hunter, the 2025 edition of Best Canadian Poetry showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2023.

Featuring:

Hollie Adams - George Amabile - Erin Bedford - Billy-Ray Belcourt - Bertrand Bickersteth - Elisabeth Blair - Ronna Bloom - Alison Braid-Fernandez - Robert Bringhurst - Emily Cann - Anne Carson - Molly Cross-Blanchard - Lorna Crozier - Kayla Czaga - Evelyna Ekoko-Kay - Kate Genevieve - Susan Gillis - Sue Goyette - Catherine Graham - Henry Heavyshield - Gerald Hill - Alexander Hollenberg - Kim June Johnson - Eve Joseph - Evelyn Lau - Y. S. Lee - D. A. Lockhart - Fareh Malik - David Martin - Domenica Martinello - Cassidy McFadzean - Carmelita McGrath - Eríiacute;n Moure - Tolu Oloruntoba - Catherine Owen - Molly Peacock - Miranda Pearson - Pauline Peters - Amanda Proctor - Shannon Quinn - Armand Garnet Ruffo - Anne Simpson - Carolyn Smart - Karen Solie - Catherine St. Denis - Owen Torrey - Michael Trussler - Sara Truuvert - Rob Winger - Jaeyun Yoo

Anita Lahey’s third poetry collection, While Supplies Last, was published by Véhicule Press in 2023. She’s also co-author of the graphic-novel-in-verse, Fire Monster, a collaboration with artist Pauline Conley (Palimpsest, 2023). Her memoir The Last Goldfish: a True Tale of Friendship was a finalist for the 2021 Ottawa Book Award. Anita first joined Best Canadian Poetry as assistant series editor in 2014, and has served as series editor since 2018. She lives with her family in Ottawa.